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UNITED STAT S PATENT @FFrCE'.

THOMAS R. BOTTOMLEY, JESI-IURUN LONGTI-IORPE, AND WALTER DARGUE,

1 or COPLEY, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR MORDANTING, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,315, dated August 21, 1900. Application filed December 18, 1899. Serial No. 740,782. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS REG-INALD' BOTTOMLEY, J ESHURUN LONGTHORPE, and VVALTER DARGUE, citizens of Great Britain, residing at Copley, near l lalifax, in the county of York, England, have invented certain new' and useful Improvements in Machines for Washing, Scouring, and Mordanting Hanks and other Forms of FibrousSubstances; and We do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in art to which it appertains to make and use the same.-

Our invention relates to a new and novel machine for washing, scouring, cleansing, and mordanting wool, silk, cotton, flax, or other fibrous substances in the hank or skein and also for washing off superfluous dyestuif and the like, said machine being applicable also for treating piece goods.

The object of our invention is to construct a new or improved machine for washing, scouring, cleansing, and mordanting hanks of wool, cotton, flax, or'other fibrous materials iu the hank or skein, and also for washing off superfluous dyestuff and the like, said machine being applicable for treating piece goods, whereby the several processes are performed in succession in one machine, the labor required in attending tothe work being minimized and the processes expedited.

To the aforesaid purpose ourinvention consists in the arrangement, construction, and operation of the parts comprising the improved machine, all as hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of an improved washing and scouring machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation taken on line a b of Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a transverse sectional elevation taken on line 0 d of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional elevation taken on line 6 f of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation, on an enlarged scale, of the right-hand end of Fig. 1. Fig.

7 is a transverse section taken on line g h of Fig. 6, showing the manner in which the hanks are held between the endless carryingropes. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the eccentric for actuating the rabbling-rollers in. thewashing-oif cistern of the machine, and

. Fig. 9 is a part sectional side elevation taken on line 63' of Fig. 8.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the framing of the machine, and 2 and 3 two tanks or cisterns into which the machine is divided, the former, 2, tocontain the washing and scouring liquor for the washing and scouring of the fibers or fibrous substances passed through the machine, and the latter, 5,

to contain the water or liquid for washing-0E .just within the inside front end of the tank we mountin adjustable hearings in the framework a pair of grooved rollers 5 and 6, which we term receiving-rollersflthe roller 5 be ing driven by bevel-wheels 7 from a longitudinal shaft 8, supported in hearings or brackets 9 and receiving motion through the double-purchase gearing 10 from the main driving-shaft 11, which is provided with fast and loose pulleys 12 and 13. The roller 6 is driven from roller 5 by spur-gears 14, secured on the opposite ends of their respective shafts.

The grooves formed in the roller 5 are made to receive two sets of endless cords or ropes 116 and 17, respectively, which pass thereto from the breast-roller 4 and from the roller 6, which latter has only half the number of grooves possessed by roller 5, the two series of ropes or cords entering into alternate grooves in the roller 5 and traveling through the machine side by side in the form of an endless traveling apron or support for the conveyance of the material or fibers to be scoured and treated in the machine.

At suitable distances apart within the tank or cistern 2 and near the bottom thereof are a series of rollers 18,either of the lantern type that is to say, having longitudinal slits or openings in their peripheries to allow the liquor in the vessel to circulate freely through the fibers or hanks passing around same, or having their peripheries made up of cross 10o bars or rods whose opposite ends are driven tightly into sockets in metal disks or plates,

or rollers.

as shown in the drawings, this construction of roller being preferred for fully exposing the fibers to the liquor as they travel around the rollers. These rollers 18 are journaled at each end in bearings in levers 19, mounted and secured on cross rods or shafts 20, journaled in bearings in brackets 21, bolted to the upper sides of the framework 1, and have a vibratory or oscillatory motion imparted to them in alternate pairs by eccentrics 22 and 23, secured at opposite centers on a short studshaft 24, which is driven by the series of bevels 25 from the longitudinal shaft 8. These eccentrics 22 and 23 are surrounded by metal straps which are connected by rods 26 and 27 to the hinged ends of brackets 28 and 29, attached to the lower ends of the two nearest levers of the series of levers 30, secured on the outer ends of the cross rods or shafts 20, these levers in turn being coupled or connected by rods 31 and 32 to alternate levers of the remaining levers 30. WVhen the eccentrics 22 and 23 turn with the shaft 24, the: pairs of rollers 18 are oscillated bodily about the centers 20 in'opposite directions, the direction of vibratory motion of each roller being the reverse of its adjacent roller Centrally of the space between each roller 18 and at the top of the tank 2 or above the liquor or suds level are rollers 33 of similar construction to the rollers 18, these rollers 33 being free to turn or revolve only in bearings in brackets 34, bolted to the upper sides of the framework 1.

At the rear end of the tank or cistern 2 is a pair of nipping or squeezing rollers 35 and 36, the former mounted in bearings in the. framework 1, and the upper roller 36 being mounted in bearings in sliding blocks 37, fitting in vertical slides 38 in the framework 1 and having pressureimparted thereto and adjusted by hand-wheel and screw 39 through the strong confined spring 40. (Shown clearly in section at the right hand of Fig. 4..) The bottom roller 35 is grooved to correspond with the roller 5 at the feeding end of the machine; but the top roller 36 has a plain periphery, and there passes around same an endless sheet or belt 41, of india-rubber, felt,

. canvas, or the like, which also passes around a small roller 42, journaled in bearings in sliding blocks 43, resting in slides 44 in the framework 1 and adjustable laterally therein by means of hand-wheels and screws 45 to tightemor slacken said endless sheet. The

" roller 35 is driven by bevel-wheels 46 from the longitudinal shaft 8, and the roller 36 isdriven from the roller 35 by spur-gearing 47, secured on the opposite ends of their respective shafts.

In the second tank or cistern 3, near to each end thereof and below the water-level, are tension-rollers 48 and 49 (see Fig. 3) of the same description as the rollers 33 and 18 in the tank 2, previously described, these said rollers being carried by levers or arms 50 and 51, secured on cross rods or shafts 52 and 53,

- screws 92.

journaled in hearings in brackets 54 and 55, attached to the framing of the machine. The rollers are movable in one direction--viz., with the pull of the ropes or cords against the resistance to compression of strong spiral springs 56, surrounding spindles 57, connected to levers fast on the cross rods or shafts 52 and 53, confined between collars or plates 59 on the lower ends of said rods or spindles 57, and brackets 60, bolted to the side of the framework of tank 3. Located in suitable positions intermediate of the tension-rollers 48 and 49 and near the bottom of tank 3 are two pairs of small hollow metal rabblingrollers 61 and 62, respectively, which are carried by depending arms 63 and 64, secured at their upper ends to metal straps surrounding eccentrics 65 and 66, set at opposite centers and keyed on cross-shafts 67 and 68, journaled in bearings in brackets 69 and 70,bolted to the top of the framework 1. The arms 63 and 64 are connected at their extremities to sliding blocks 71 and 72, adapted to slide vertically in ways or guides 73 and 74, secured on the inner walls of the tank. The shafts 67 and 68 are driven by pairs of bevelwheels 75 and 76 from the longitudinal shaft 8, the revolution of the eccentrics 65 and 66 imparting a vertical reciprocatory motion to the two pairs of rabbling-rollers 61 and 62, the motion of one pair being always in an opposite direction to the motion of the other pair.

At the rear upper end of the second tank 3 (the delivery end thereof) is a second pair of nipping or squeezing rollers 77 and 78, similar to the pair at the feeding end of the firsttank 0r cistern 2, the lower roller 77 being grooved to correspond with the rollers 5 and 35, while the upper roller 78 is plain and mounted in bearings in sliding blocks 79, engaging in vertical slides 80 in the framework, pressure being imparted to said roller as required by means of hand-wheels and screws 81 through springs 82. An endless sheet 83 passes around the roller 78 and around a small roller 84, journaled in bearings in sliding blocks 85, resting in slides 86 and adjustable laterally by hand-wheels and screws 87 to tighten or slacken the endless sheet. The roller 77 is driven by bevels 88 from the longitudinal shaft 8, and the roller 78 is driven from the roller 77 by spur'gearing 89, secured on the opposite ends of their respective shafts.

To the rear of and a little above the roller 78- is a guide-roller 189, journaled in bearings in sliding blocks 90, which rest in slides 91 in l the framework and are adapted to be adjusted laterally therein by hand wheels and This said guide-roller 189 is provided with only half the number of grooves cut in the bottom rollers 5, 35, and 77 and corresponds to the grooved receiving-roller 6 at the feeding end of the machine.

On the outside of and at the bottom of the, delivery end of the machine and also atv the feeding end thereof are mounted in suitable bearings grooved rollers 93 and 94, the latter being adjustable by means of hand-wheels and screws 95. There are only half the number of grooves in said rollers 93 and 94 that there are in rollers 5, 35, and 77, and the position of these grooves is intermediate or alternate of the grooves in the rollers 6 and 189.

The hanks or skeins of yarn or slub to be washed and scoured and then cleansed are laid by the workman upon the series of endless ropes or cords 16 as they travel from the breast-roller 4 to the receiving-roller 5, as indicated by letter A in Figs. 3 and 6, and they are carried forward by said series of ropes to and between the receiving-rollers and 6, at which point the second series of endless ropes or cords 17 join the first series, and thus embrace the hanks or fibers A between them,

somewhat in the manner indicated at B in Figs. 3, 5, and 6 and as illustrated in crosssection at Fig. 7. The hanks are now firmly held between the two series of endless ropes or straps and are carried thereby from the receiving-rollers into the tank 2, then under and over the several rollers 18 and 33, up and down through the liquor in said tank 2, and are thereby fully exposed to the action of said liquor in their traverse to the rear of the tank, the dirt being loosened and the cleansing of same from the hanks being materially assisted by the wash created by the oscillatory move-' ment of the rollers 18. After passing around the last roller 18 the ropes 16 and 17, with the hanks between them, travel upward and pass between the squeezing-rollers and 36,where the excess liquor with which the hanks are impregnated is squeezed out and runs back into the tank 2. On leavingthe squeezing-rollers 35 and 36 the endless ropes travel around the tension-roller 48, then between the two pairs of rabbling-rollers 61 and 62, Whose vertical reciprocatory motion gives a circulating action to the liquor and creates a wash which assists in washing oif any impurities still adhering to the fibers and cleanses same of the dyeing or scouring agent. The endless ropes 16 and 17 finally pass around the tension-roller 49 and between the squeezing-rollers 77 and 78, when the hanks are again squeezed to express all the moisture possible out of them. In leaving the nip out of the said squeezingrollers 77 and 78 the two series of ropes or cords separate, the series of ropes 16 passing down in an angular direction to the grooved rollers 93, which guide same underneath the machine to the grooved roller 94 at the feeding end of the machine, which in turn guides them back to the breast-roller 4, whence they again pass direct to the receiving-roller 5,while the second series of ropes 17 passes up and around the grooved roller 189, whence it travels back above the machine to the receiving roller 6, the paths of the two series of ropes being clearly shown in Fig. 3 and the direction of their traverse indicated by the arrows. When the two series of ropes separate on leaving the squeezing-rollers 77 and 78, the

hanks or skeins travel down with the ropes 16 and are removed therefrom by the workman before reaching the roller 93, or, if not removed by the workman, the curved fingers.

In order, if desired, to keep the hanks in a 7 suitable stretched condition during the process of scouring, the pitch of the grooves on the roller 35 may be slightly increased above or in advance of the pitch of the grooves on roller 5, so that the ropes or cords 16 and 17 will widen out or diverge from each other and gradually stretch the hanks in passing through tank 2 until they reach the squeezing-rollers 35 and 36, when the stretching ceases.

The metal straps surrounding the eccentrics 65 and 66 are provided on each inner side with annular channels 99 (see Fig. 9) to catch the lubricant falling from the eccentrics, small holes 100 being bored from same communicating with a chamber 101, formed in the base of the lower part of the strap, to conduct the escaped lubricant from the channels 99 into said chamber. The chamber can be emptied from time to time by removing the screwed plug 102.

Although we prefer to employ endless twisted wire ropes or hempen cords, endless fabrics or network could be used instead thereof, providing same were of a sufficiently open or reticulated texture to allow of the fullest exposure of the fibers held between them to the liquor.

Each tank is provided with steam-pipes 103 for heating the liquor and with pipes 104 for supplying water thereto. The pipes 104 may be coupled together in any ordinary manner for admitting the slightlyimpure water in tank 3 being charged into tank 2 on the latter being emptied of the dirty liquor, the tank 3 being then filled with a fresh supply of clean water.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which this invention refers that the number of the several rollers for guiding the end less ropes through the two tanks may for special purposes or for differences of treatment of the fibers or other similar reasons be increased or reduced to suit requirements and that if it be necessary to repeat the processes or to follow the treatment described with subsequent analogous treatment of the fibers which it may be desirable they should be passed through before finally emerging from the machine we may combine with the two cisterns or tanks any additional tank or tanks fitted with a similar complement of rollers.

We claim as our invention- 1. The combination, with a tank for liquid,

and a series of guide-rollers; of two carriers passing over the said rollers and inclosing the yarn, and means for imparting a reciprocatory motion to certain of the said guiderollers in the tank, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a tank for liquid, and a series of guide-rollers; of two carriers passing over the said rollers and inclosing the yarn, pivoted arms supporting certain of the said guide-rollers in the tank, and means for imparting a reciprocatory motion to the said arms, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a tank for liquid, and a series of guide-rollers, certain of the said rollers being arranged in the tank and provided with openings for the liquid to pass through; of two endless carriers passing over all the said rollers and inclosing the yarn, and means for imparting a reciprocatory motion to the said guide-rollers in the tank, sub stantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with a tank for liquid, and tension-rollers arranged in the said tank; of two carriers passinggoverthe said rollers and inclosing the yarn, and means for oscillating the said carriers vertically between the said rollers, substantially as set forth.

5. In a m achine for washin g,scourin g, washing off, cleansing, and mordanting, hanks, the

combination, with tanks or cisterns placed end to end, of the separate series of endless ropes or cords, 16 and 17, meeting each other at the feeding end of the machine and embracing the fibers fed thereto and holding them firmly in their traverse through the machine, the said series of ropes or cords taking into alternate grooves in the lower receivingroller and the bottom rollers of the pairs of squeezing-rollers at the rear ends of each tank, and separating at the last pair of squeezingrollers and passing around separate grooved guiding-rollers which guide the ropes back to the feeding end of the machine, the said pairs of squeezing-rollers,means forimparting pressure to the upper roller of each pair of squeezing-rollers, the series of lantern or skeleton rollers 18 and 33 for guiding the endless ropes through the first tank containing the scouring liqour, some of which rollers are oscillated, means for imparting oscillatory motion to such rollers, the tension and rabbling rollers located in the second tank or washing-off cistern, said rabbling-rollers having a vertical reciprocatory motion imparted theretoby eccentrics and 66, and the means for giving motion to the several parts for traversing the endless ropes through the machine substantially as set forth.

6. In machines for washing, scouring, and cleansing or mordanting, hanks or skeins of yarn or slubbing, the combination with two endless series or sets of ropes or cords, the series of rollers for guiding same through the tanks or cisterns and back again outside the machine along separate paths to the receivingrollers, and grooved rollers, into the grooves of which the ropes or cords enter and are maintained in their relative positions, of end less sheets of india-rubber or like flexible material passing around the upper rollers of each pair of squeezing-rollers and around small laterallyadjustable rollers, and the means for imparting pressure to said upper squeezing-rollers substantially as set forth.

7. The combination with eccentrics operating on or working within metal straps surrounding same,ot' annular channels formed in the projecting edges of the metal strap to collectlubricant dropping from the eccentric and convey it to a chamber in the base of the strap to prevent Waste of same and the contamination of the water in the tank, substantially as set forth and shown.

8. In machines for washing, cleansing, and scouring or mordanting fabrics or fibers, the employment of two sets of endless traveling ropes or cords, 16 and 17, which run in grooves in the rollers 5 and 35, the grooves in roller 35 being farther apart than the grooves in roller 5, whereby the said cords diverge and thus stretch the hanks or fibers lying therebetween T. R. BOTTOMLEY. J. LONGTHORPE. \VALTER DARGUE.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR CRossLnY, FRANK LEWIS. 

